Video clip of police arresting suspect in stolen goods heistIn this video clip released by the New Jersey State Police, state police detectives working with the Cargo Theft Unit make an arrest at a warehouse as a group of men were in the process of stealing $500,000 in perfume. There is no sound with this video. (Video provided by the NJ State Police)

Five men were caught trying to steal $500,000 worth of Ed Hardy perfume from a warehouse in Essex County, New Jersey State Police said.

The suspects, from New Jersey and Florida, were charged with burglary, attempted theft and other offenses, said State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones. State Police detectives and local law enforcement agencies, including Cedar Grove, Little Falls and Newark police, participated in the operation.

Police were interested in the site because of a number of indicators, resulting from good police work, which led them to believe the warehouse would be a target, Jones said.

Saturday night’s attempted theft at the Cedar Grove perfume warehouse began swiftly. The men broke in and within 30 seconds had disabled two alarm systems, Jones said.

Hours later, the men, wearing black ski masks, returned to the building with two box trucks stolen that night in Cedar Grove, he said. They had moved one pallet of perfume into the truck before they were apprehended, Jones said.

A surveillance video at the scene shows a masked forklift driver jumping out of the driver’s seat and trying to flee as five detectives, one with pistol in hand, burst from hiding in the warehouse and chased the suspects.

The undercover operation had begun many hours before. In addition to the officers inside the building, a ring of law enforcement had secured the area, said Jones.

All but one suspect was caught immediately, and the last one was captured after a brief vehicle pursuit, Jones said.

The suspects are being held in Essex County Jail on $300,000 bail each, Jones said.

They are Alonis Perez, 35, and Leonel Rodriguez, 37, both of Elizabeth; Danilo Pena, 43, of North Bergen; Yoandry Cue, 25, of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; and Rolando Ravelo, 42, of Miami Beach, Fla.

The bust came days after the State Police Cargo Theft Unit recovered $1.8 million in stolen goods from a warehouse in Bergen County, Jones said.

At the site in Hackensack, police found a trailer of pharmaceutical supplies, mainly vitamins and supplements, worth $800,000, a trailer of copper tubing worth $500,000, a trailer of wine and liquor worth $200,000, a trailer of Fubu jeans worth $100,000, a trailer of roofing supplies worth $100,000 and a trailer of Del Monte canned goods worth $80,000.

Jones said he couldn’t comment on how those items were stolen, but said police are looking into the possibility of the cases being related.

"Cargo theft has been dealt a major blow by law enforcement this week," he said.